Read this tale in English:Cast your vote for the Portland area’s best place for tamales: Awards for Readers’ Choice
Following a long, rainy February, Portland residents are looking for a comforting meal. What better way to calentar than with a plate of tamales?
The previous week, we asked our lecturers to recommend the best place to get tamales in the Portland area, and they responded with their favorite restaurants, food trucks, and shopping destinations.
(Also, I received some less conventional responses: a reader praised Man Tamal, who offered a feast of frescoed tamales to the city of Portland’s sureste. Another person trusted their own kitchen as the best place to eat caseros. I think this might be true, even though unfortunately there isn’t a directive.
The last ten finalists are among the locations that the gentleman mentioned most, ranging from Portland to Beaverton, Milwaukie, and Tigard.
Voters can cast their ballots once till the end of this publication on March 4, 2025, at 11:59 p.m.We will reveal the results on Thursday, March 7 at enoregonlive.com/readers-choice.
Ancestro is run by Leticia and Marco Escamilla from Cadejo Coffee on the North Park Blocks.Russell, Michael | The Oregonian
Ancestro
According to a reader who ranked Ancestro as the best place in the city, the tamales in this Mexican pop-up in northeast Portland are made with love. On the first day of this month, Michael Russell, the food reporter for The Oregonian/Oregon Live, visited the restaurant for breakfast and enjoyed their relleno de pollo tamal. Every month, the men change, sometimes adding bocados like black frijole tamales.
Instagram: jueves-domingo;@ancestro.pdxen, 804 N.W. Couch St., 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
We probably eat tamales de pi a dulce, rajas con queso, and tamales de pollo con salsa at Camila’s Mexican Food.Profenna Chiara
Camila s Mexican Food
One of the places that Chiara Profenna visits across the Tualatin Valley is Camila’s Mexican Food, a black restaurant that serves a variety of traditional tamales. Among the flavors are pollo with green salsa, rajas with cheese, and occasionally tamal de pi a dulce.
Beaverton, 3645 S.W. Elliott Place, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Instagram: @camilas.mexicanfooden
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Canby Asparagus Farm Casa de Tamales
This Mexican restaurant in Milwaukie is the place to go if you’re looking for variety. There are more than fifty different types of men, ranging from the classic mole of pollo or chorizo to Dungeness cangrejo, especially rragos and champi ones silvestres. There are also a lot of postre tamales with chocolate, marionberry, and ms. Ma Z Verde vegetarian tamales are recommended by the lecturers.
Jueves-s Bado, mediod a-7 p.m. Domingo; 10605 S.E. Main St., Milwaukie; https://www.canbyasparagusfarmcasadetamales.com/
Ki ikib a
Known for its burritos and panuchos (rellenas and fritas), this family-run restaurant was named the 2023 Oregonian/Oregon Live restaurant of the year. However, the lecturers are also unable to obtain enough of the restaurant’s dishes, which include hens and chickens cooked with lento and served in tano hojas.
Martes-s Bado, 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Domingo;@kiikibaapdxen Instagram, 3244 N.E. 82nd Ave.
Los Tamales Locos
Located in the Collective Oregon Eateries building on Portland’s south side, Los Tamales Locos serves a variety of tamales made with pollo, cerdo, queso, and jalapeños. If you are unsure on what to choose, follow this reader’s advice: Simply put, the best of all is the tamal de rajas with oaxaque.
11 a.m. to 9 p.m. martes-domingo;@los_tamales_locos_en Instagram 3612 S.E. 82nd Ave.
Por Qu No? Taqueria
This restaurant has won numerous Readers Choice awards and has been named one of Portland’s top five Mexican restaurants both in 2014 and in 2015. This time, the lecturers are praising the oaxaque or por qu no tamales, which are presented in tano hojas and rellenos that are both sturdy and delicious. Every day, a rotating menu of vegetarian and meat options is offered.
Lunes-S Bado, 11 a.m.–9:30 p.m. Dominicgo, 3524 N. Mississippi Ave. y 4635 S.E. Hawthorne Blvd., 11 a.m.–10 p.m. https://porquenotacos.square.site/home
Salvador Molly s
Some people may recognize Salvador Molly’s from Sudesaf or Great Balls of Fire, but the restaurant is also well-known for its less-than-pricey dishes. The Ladrillo & Mortero restaurant opened three years ago, although it started out as a tamale cart in the agricultural market in 1993. Today, you may find Salvador Molly in the agricultural markets of the University State of Portland (PSU) and Hillsdale for the duration.
Martes-jueves y domingo, 11:30 a.m.–10 p.m. Viernes-s bado, 1523 S.W. Sunset Blvd.Salvador Molly’s website
In Aloha, Tamal Express is a well-known place. We’ll probably have green tamales with pollo and pi a dulce.Profenna Chiara
Tamal Express
Tamal Express, located across the Tualatin Valley autopista and within the Aloha Food Cartsa pod, is a local favorite for fresco tamales. Together with a tamal of pi a dulce relleno de coco, pasas, and te ido de rose with fresas, the men’s pollo, cerdo, and queso varieties are included. Escribi un lector, la comida nunca falla. The tamales are very authentic and delicious.
lunes-s bado, Beaverton, 20001 S.W. Tualatin Valley Hwy., 6:30 a.m.–8 p.m., and domingo, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Instagram: @tamalexpressllcen.
Tamale Boy
Beginning as a catering business in 2008, it currently operates three locations in Portland and Happy Valley. According to a reader, the tamales are consistently delicious and full of flavor. Both traditional oaxaque preparation (masa de ma z blanco al vapor in una hoja de pl tano) and northern Mexican preparation (masa de ma z amarillo al vapor en una c scara de ma z) are included in the collection.
11 a.m.-9 p.m. lunes-viernes, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. s bado, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. s bado; 12960 S.E. 162nd Ave., Happy Valley, 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. lunes-viernes, 10 a.m.-9:30 p.m. s bado, 10 a.m.-8:30 p.m. domingo; https://www.tamaleboy.com/
The Tamale House
Around 15 a.m., this family-friendly Mexican restaurant opens as a marketplace for farmers. Currently, they are selling complete men in their Tigard location, complete with six different types of tamales, for $4.50 each. Cerdo, cerdo a la barbacoa, pollo, queso, jalape o, ma z, and a dulce de tamal are among the rellenos.
http://thetamalehousepdx.com/ 13185 S.W. Pacific Highway B-1, Tigard, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
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Voters may cast one ballot every day until 11:59 p.m. on March 4, 2025.On Thursday, March 7, we will reveal the results at oregonlive.com/readers-choice.
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